Storms in South Dakota in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1979, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
South Dakota in 1979 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 115
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $33 million
- Episodes
- 40
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 32 | 1 | 0 | $33 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1979
May 1979
- Hail in South Dakota, May 7, 1979
- Hail in South Dakota, May 9, 1979
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 15, 1979
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 28, 1979
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 29, 1979
June 1979
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 14, 1979
- Hail in South Dakota, June 15, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 1979
- Hail in South Dakota, June 22, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 1979
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 25, 1979
- Hail in South Dakota, June 26, 1979
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 27, 1979
- Hail in South Dakota, June 28, 1979
July 1979
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 2, 1979
- Tornado in South Dakota, July 8, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 9, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 11, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 12, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 13, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 14, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 1979
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, July 19, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 20, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 21, 1979
- Hail in South Dakota, July 22, 1979
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 23, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 29, 1979
August 1979
- Hail in South Dakota, August 2, 1979
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 3, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 7, 1979
- Hail in South Dakota, August 20, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 27, 1979
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 30, 1979
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 31, 1979
September 1979
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.